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Hezbollah: "We will destroy the north [of Israel] and everyone in it. Our response [to the elimination of a top Hezbollah commander] will be to unleash unrelenting fire in order to subdue Israel."

IDF: "The situation in the north is grave and we will respond with great force."
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While full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah appears imminent, a new civil war in Lebanon is also brewing.

Christians, Druze and Sunni Muslims are talking about taking up arms against Hezbollah to prevent the Iranian proxy from dragging the country to ruin.

Hezbollah isn't going to surrender without a fight, so war is likely necessary. But it should be clear that it won't be Israel vs. Lebanon.

Israel will have allies, or at least forces with common cause on the Lebanese side.
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Katzrin, in the central Golan Heights.

Hezbollah attacks are creeping further and further south, making more and more of northern Israel unlivable.
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2 wounded in Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in Margaliot.

The Israeli cabinet will convene this evening to discuss the serious escalation in the north.
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Overnight a building in Tyre, Lebanon used as a headquarters for Hezbollah was reportedly hit by a missile fired from the sea.

Northern Israel is tense with anticipation for what this day might bring.
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After quitting the emergency unity government, Benny Gantz has reversed some of his positions.

Summary of his Channel 12 interview last night:

Gantz: Suggests that Shiri Bibas and her children are dead.

Bibas family: Irresponsible remark. We continue to hold out hope.

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Gantz: Netanyahu prevented a hostage release deal.

Likud: Netanyahu gave full authority to negotiators to reach a deal. It was Hamas that prevented a deal by insisting on an end to the war before its goals are met.

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Gantz: Israel should end the war in Gaza, and resume it in a year or two.

In other words, get the hostages back now by agreeing to a "permanent" ceasefire as Hamas demands, and then destroy Hamas later. A totally naive position that will allow Hamas to rebuild, and which assumes the international community will support Israel launching another major Gaza war at a later date.

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Gantz: We should reach a diplomatic solution with Hezbollah.

With all his experience, does Gantz still not understand who and what Hezbollah is? It is not a pragmatic group that can be reasoned with. It exists for the sole purpose of destroying Israel, and is driven by fanatical devotion to jihadist Islam.

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Benny Gantz is positioning himself as the Neville Chamberlain of Israel.
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Heavy rocket attacks in the Upper Galilee this morning.

At least 16 anti-tank missiles have been fired at relatively close range, hitting a military base and homes in the border town of Metula.
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‼️Ongoing rocket attacks in the north. Reports of several direct hits in Kiryat Shemona.
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Sami Jameel, a member of the Lebanese Parliament for the Christian Al-Ktayeb Party:

"We (Christians) want to live in peace and brotherhood, but Hezbollah wants war... We are children of peace and brotherhood. We hate death... We do not want to live in a state of war."
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Osama Hamdan, another Hamas leader based in Lebanon, told CNN that no one really knows how many Israeli hostages are still alive.

According to Israeli figures, 120 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, but at least 30 of them are believed to be dead.
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75% of Palestinians are "satisfied" with Hamas's war on Israel, and if Palestinian elections were held today, the terror group would win easily.

👉 https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/poll-75-of-palestinians-satisfied-with-hamas-terror-war/
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REPORT: The Biden admin will impose sanctions on Israeli demonstrators who prevented aid trucks from entering Gaza at a time when Hamas was stealing all the aid.

Once again, this seems obsessive, hypocritical and over the top.

There are disruptive and destructive demonstrations taking place all over the world, including on American university campuses.

Why the exaggerated focus on and punitive action against only those in Israel?
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This morning there was another severe incident in Rafah, in which several Israeli soldiers were killed. Details have not yet been disclosed, and the IDF spokesman will probably only make an official announcement at the end of Shabbat or tomorrow morning.
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Cleared for publication: 8 IDF soldiers were killed in southern Gaza early this morning.
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The soldiers were reportedly killed when an anti-tank missile hit the armored personnel carrier in which they were sleeping.
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Among the fallen, Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from the Druze town of Beit Jann in the Galilee.

May his memory be a blessing.

The names of the other seven fallen soldiers have not yet been cleared for publication.
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